An 18-base-pair sequence in the mouse Proα1(II) collagen gene is sufficient for expression in cartilage and binds nuclear proteins that are selectively expressed in chondrocytes

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 4512-4523

  Lefebvre, Véronique ^a   Zhou, Guang ^a   Mukhopadhyay, Krish ^a   Smith, Chad N ^a   Zhang, Zhaoping ^a   Eberspaecher, Heidi ^a   Zhou, Xin ^a   Sinha, Satrajit ^a   Maity, Sankar N ^a   De Crombrugghe, Benoit ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; BINDING SITE; CARTILAGE CELL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; ENHANCER REGION; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRON; MESENCHYME CELL; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING;

EID: 8944238474     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/mcb.16.8.4512     Document Type: Article

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